4 h. ago I walked 10,000 steps with a weighted backpack every day for a week – here are five reasons I’m not stopping

Use rucking to upgrade your walks, build strength and boost your fitness

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31 h. ago Man who says he was held captive by stepmother for 20 years breaks his silence

The 32-year-old Connecticut man recently celebrated what he called his first-ever birthday party

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42 h. ago Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public comments

A man who told police that he was held captive in a Connecticut home for 20 years until being rescued in February says he recently celebrated his first-ever birthday party as he turned 32

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50 h. ago National Lottery Set For Life winner has just days left to claim £10,000

The winning ticket in the Set For Life draw was bought in the Sevenoaks area on October 24, 2024, and the prize must be claimed in a matter of days

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3 d. ago Prisoner of war, 34, who was held captive in Russian jail for 1,000 days reveals how he survived the constant hunger and endless beatings

Ukrainian journalist Oleksandr Gudilin was captured by Russian soldiers on April 12, 2002 during the siege of Mariupol while fighting as a reservist against invading Russian forces.

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4 d. ago Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

Researcher warns that dark daytime naps can disrupt babies’ sleep when they properly go to bed at nightBabies should not be put in a dark, quiet room for a nap but in a light room with background noise like a washing machine, an expert has said.Prof Helen Ball, a scientific adviser for the charity The Lullaby Trust who has carried out sleep research with more than 5,000 parents and babies at Durham University, said long daytime naps are like “mini night times” that can disrupt babies’ sleep when they properly go to bed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Teddi Mellencamp's friends rally behind her after revealing she was given 50/50 odds of surviving cancer

Teddi Mellencamp has received words of support from loved ones and pals after revealing that she was given 50/50 odds of surviving her cancer battle.

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4 d. ago Lib Dems' biggest election donor unmasked as boss of axed asylum seeker hotel firm

Stay Belvedere Hotels enjoyed tens of millions in profits before being dropped by the government last month — now our investigation reveals its co-owner gave Ed Davey’s party nearly £500,000 in the weeks ahead of polling day

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5 d. ago LOUISE THOMPSON reveals her secret pain: I hid severe bleeding and a prolapse

After such serious complications surrounding the birth of her son Leo, Louise was pleased to be getting her life back on track. However, something scary and life-changing was just around the corner

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6 d. ago Moment US ballerina Ksenia Karelina embraces fiancé as she returns from Russian jail

A US ballerina jailed for 12 years in Russia after donating $51 to a charity supporting Ukraine reunited with her fiancé in an emotional embrace as she landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday, 10 April.

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6 d. ago US ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who donated $51 to Ukraine, freed from Russian jail in prisoner swap

Russian President Vladimir Putin pardons ballerina jailed after donating money to support Ukraine

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7 d. ago Ksenia Karelina: Ballerina freed from Russian jail and flying to US in Moscow

Ksenia Karelina left for the US on a plane from Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning, her lawyer said

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7 d. ago US ballerina Ksenia Karelina is freed from Russian jail hell in prisoner swap months after she was sentenced to 12 years in penal colony for high treason

Russia has today released American ballerina Ksenia Karelina from her jail hell in an early morning prisoner swap between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's respective intelligence agencies

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7 d. ago How Titanic COULD have survived: Digital model reveals how a head

Nearly 113 years after she sank, RMS Titanic is still revealing her secrets. According to the detailed 3D model, Titanic could have survived if circumstances had been only marginally different.

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9 d. ago I’ve walked 10,000 steps a day for three years – these five surprising benefits are why I started

The common 10,000 steps per day fitness goal has ‘no scientific basis’, a 2023 study concluded – but I've found it works for me

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9 d. ago Bizarre moment Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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9 d. ago Trump says he asked Israeli hostages if Hamas winked at them

Donald Trump says he asked Israeli hostages whom he met at the White House whether Hamas “winked at them” while they were held captive.

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1 week ago TV stars' astonishing link to the Titanic disaster: Famous acting brothers reveal great

Jimmy McGann was one of just 705 survivors of the 1912 disaster. He served in the ship's engine room. His famous great-nephews are revealing the story of his life in a new podcast.

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1 week ago Camping in the wild heart of Italy – en suite rooms and fabulous restaurant optional

In the rugged Maiella national park, a secluded campsite offers everything from pitches to hotel-style rooms, guided walks to Abruzzo hospitalityThere was a shift in atmosphere as a pewter cloud rumbled overhead. As we approached the end of our walk in the Maiella national park, we stopped beside the remains of a second world war prison camp, deep in the park’s corn-coloured hills, and Lisa, our guide, told us a story as dramatic as the simmering sky. In 1943, a band of prisoners, including New Zealand corporal John Broad, fled the camp and spent seven bitter winter months hiding out in caves before eventually making it across British lines. That they survived was thanks to the kindness and bravery of local families, who risked their own safety, and hunger, to help them stay alive and avoid German patrols.Lisa told us that Broad later described the impoverished Abruzzesi as the country’s true gold, and the sun suddenly sliced through the cloud as though in d...

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1 week ago ‘Even a freeway is redeemable’: world’s largest wildlife crossing takes shape in Los Angeles

A wildlife crossing across the 101 freeway will connect two parts of the Santa Monica mountains for animalsAbove the whirring of 300,000 cars each day on Los Angeles’s 101 freeway, an ambitious project is taking shape. The Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing is the largest wildlife bridge in the world at 210ft long and 174ft wide, and this week it’s had help taking shape: soil.“This is the soul of the project,” says Beth Pratt, regional executive director, California, at the National Wildlife Federation, who has worked on making the crossing become a reality over the last 13 years. She says she’s seen many milestones, like the 26m pounds of concrete poured to create the structure, but this one is special. Continue reading...

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